I can’t believe I saw a Bob McTavish Blue Bird single fin, in not as good condition, but not far off it, as the one that sold on ebay recently. The guy was riding it and said he had a couple more from that era. The lad had fixed the tail but the board still has its original fin.

Laurie from the Gold Coast sent me the ebay link to this :"McTavish Bluebird Single Fin. In nice condition with some heel dents and a couple of small dings and shatters on rails - top and bottom are super clean. Beautiful green tint on deck with key lines and clear bottom. Measures 6'6" x 19" x 2 3/4".A very nice board from an interesting period by an important shaper with sold wear and tear.It sold for AU $3,557.53.....about the price of a small farm house near Byron Bay in 1970.

The greatest pleasure I get from sharing my collection on this blog is when I post pics of a board by a shaper and or a label I know little about and I get contacted by a reader who sheds some light on my find.

In the past I have been lucky enough to be contacted by the original shapers themselves, the airbrush artist, the glasser, the son of the shaper, the daughter of the shaper and in one case the brother of a shaper who had past away.

I'm crossing my fingers that someone can help me shed some light on this beautiful recent find from the Longboard Collectors club meet in Oceanside.

A "Silver Flight" 6'4" single flyer swallow tail twin fin with a full pigment coat and pigment coat resin stripes on the deck, shaped by L.Jackson.

It has a textured deck which brought back terrible memories of scabbed up knees and chest from my textured deck Aloha from 1982. The 'Silver Flight' logo is somewhat reminiscent of the Lightning Bolt logo of the time.

Anybody.......

Well according to Andy Anderson of Stoked'n'board Silver Flight was owned and shaped by one Mr Bob Hurley.

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1982 Stubbies Surf Classic Burleigh

The 82 Stubbies was the pinicle of inovation period surfing and surfboard design. The heats included Mark Richards on his own hand shaped twin fin design, Cheyne Horan (winning) on a Geoff McCoy Laser Zap design with Ben Lexan designed winged Star fin, Rabbit Barthlemow on a channel bottom rounded pin tail Hot Stuff, Dane Kealoa on a T&C twin fin and Simon Anderson on his new 3 fin thruster design. Never before or since has there been such a variety of cutting edge surfboard design in one place.

Innovation Period - Definition

The innovation period of surfboard design has also been described as 'T2'. Meaning the second transition period, the first transition period of surfboard design was from late 60's to the early 70's, or short board revolution, where boards went from long boards (10') to short boards (6'), an exciting time for the likes of Dick Brewer and Bob Mc Tavish, who were sawing a foot off their boards at a time. The second transition period was from the late 70's to the early 80's when surf boards went from 1 fin to 3 fins and beyond.

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I've been collecting innovation period surf boards since 1990. I was trained as an industrial designer and I love surfboards as pieces of hydrodynamic design. I am an art lover and I appreciate surfboards as hand crafted sculptures and I admire their graphic designs and art works. Mainly I am a dedicated surfer and regularly surf each of the boards in my collection.